35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome experience!! Will be visiting again with Transtrek x
Earlier this year I travelled to Kenya booking my tour with Transtrek. What an absolutely amazing tour. The service from such a knowledgeable team. The trip was outstanding, excellent planning, wonderful sights, views and most of all the beautiful animals. They put together my tour so I had to do no planning myself which was perfect for me!! I can't wait to go back and would highly recommend travelling through Transtrek. Thank you so much to Dan and the team. Penny Hodgson xx
RS
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best safari experience that you can get in 3 days - Selous
Extraordinary journey. We don't have words to describe how pleasant Kanuth is, and how good people does he have around him. We were on three days safari in Selous park. Organisation, people, food, Hippo camp, tours...everything was pure 10. I hope that we will come back to Tanzania, and if so, we will definitely come to Kanuth again. I think this service is definitely best value for the price. Also, because of pleasant experience, we were on few tours beside the safari and service was on the same excellent level. Top recommendation!
NL
Makasa
Perfectly arranged and organised by Makasa.
We (family of 4) enjoyed game drive through 3 parks and Serengeti plains, 7 days, great!
Not one glitch in the organisation by Makasa, from arriving at Kilmanjaro till our flight out of Dar Es Sallaam.
US
Experience level: 2-5 safaris
02 Nights Maasai Mara Safari Package - Mara River Camp
-Mara River Camp website is up to date because our tent was equipped and looked just like their photos.
-I was in awe of the hippos in the river below the deck when we arrived. And the next morning, they were in the river by our tent.
-Bed turn down service, decoration on the bed with fresh flowers, people there to help without asking. My wife said it was just like being on a cruise.
-The food was excellent and plentiful. The chef came to the table every evening to make certain things were to our liking. And the staff took care of our every need.
-Maasai warriors performed one evening while we were having dinner.
-Joe, our driver, went out of his way to find the different species for us to see. Can't list them all without going back through my pictures but lions, elephants, cheetah, leopard, giraffe, zebras and hippo readily come to mind.
-We were added to a pre-booked group of 3 and ended up with 3 new friends.
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect!
Everything about our trip with Vayeni was top notch. I had many questions prior to the trip, and Suzanne answered all of them clearly and promptly. She was a real help in the process of putting our trip together. The package she put together was absolutely seamless with an outstanding safari experience and incredible lodging in Victoria Falls. This was a trip of a lifetime for us, and Vayeni provided the perfect experience. I highly recommend you choose them to put your trip together!
US
Best
Very profesional and courteous. Mr. Fred was very wise in the area and knew what to do.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The Best Gorilla Trekking Experience
Together in a group of three, we booked a gorilla trek to the gorillas in Volcanoes National Park with Go Gorilla Trekking. We decided to take a 5 Days PNV Gorillas + Nyungwe Chimps and Michael was good at responding at all our emails. Baker, our guide picked us up from Kigali, Rwanda and led us on a Kigali City tour before we took on the scenic ride to Musanze, Volcanoes National Park. The trek was great and we met the gorillas within just a few hours of trekking. After the trek, we visited the twin lakes and we got to see the neighbouring local communities. The next day we tranfered to Nyungwe Forest having several stopovers! I can say that Baker is the best guide given the different points where we made stopovers that were not even included in the itinerary! We are now looking at visiting Uganda to track the endangered gorillas in Bwindi Forest, another place on our bucketlist.
US
Best Trip Ever
Benson Tours is the way to go. He responded promptly to my many emails, customized a package that fit my schedule and budget, and was an all around pleasure to work with. The hotels we stayed in were even nicer than anticipated and our guide, Frances, was a perfect fit for me and my travel and companion.
I found both Benson and Frances to be knowledgeable, professional and a lot of fun.
NO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best holiday ever, everything perfect organized
For many years I have been saving money for my dream of going to Africa. And this summer my dream came true! Thank you, Makasa, for making this the best holiday ever, a fantastic experience we will never forget. I don’t have enough words to describe how incredible an awesome our journey was.
We started in Olpopongi, very interesting to see how the Maasais are living and learn about their life and culture. When we arrived, they sang a welcome-song! I am so grateful for being introduced to these friendly people.
Our first safari-day was in beautiful Lake Manyara, and the first we met, were elephants! I love elephants, this was the moment of my life! The next days were in Serengeti, then Ngorongoro. We are very happy and pleased with all the accommodations. Endoro Lodge was especially luxurious, but all the lodges and tented camps were really nice. And the food! Excellent! Everywhere! And the lunch-boxes! So good! Dinner was especially nice in Kenzan tented camp, where they lit a fire, and placed the tables outside by the fire. Dinner under the star-lit African sky. So beautiful and magic.
The safari was amazing, seeing all these wild animals in close range, in their natural habitat. We have taken hundreds of photos, and I have written diary every day, so the memories will stay forever. Thanks to Makasa for the little gift; the note-books and pens! Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongora was all truly amazing! But if I knew how cold it would get, I would have brought warmer clothes. But we had a blanket, nice for early morning drives, so it was no problem.
Our driver, Kaleby (I called him Kaleb the whole time, sorry), was fantastic. He was so full of knowledge, knew everything! And kind, helpful and always in a good mood. I feel so lucky, we must have had the very best driver/guide.
Zanzibar was a paradise, a peaceful place to enjoy the sun and sea! Kilima Kidogo was really nice, good food and friendly staff. And a pool-table, the boys used that a lot! The teenagers were completely satisfied with everything, they have also had an experience of a life-time. Kilima Kidogo was resting, a life in slow-motion with no shoes or make-up for a week. Lovely.
We are very, very pleased with all of Makasa’s arrangements. Selma and Yohannes Ngomi met us at Kilimanjaro Lodge, and made sure that the lost suitcase was delivered along the route the next day. I like the concepts of Kilimanjaro Lodge (Mama Clementina Foundation) and Rhotia Valley, were tourist and tour-operators can help local projects by using the lodges.
Everything was just great. Everyone we met was friendly and helpful. Nothing could have been better. We are so damned lucky living in Norway, never have to worry about having enough food. Or water. We send our children to school without thinking about it, and never giving one thought to those who not are able to the same. I know we are privileged, but this was a good reminder about how lucky we are, and that we have a duty to help the ones that are less fortunate. It is useful for the whole family, especially the kids, to see with their own eyes the big difference between the Tanzanian life and the Norwegian.
Thank you so much! We are very pleased with Makasa, and will recommend you to everyone.
Once in a life time experience
The safari was amazing. I got to see all the big 5, lions, rhinos, lepords, Buffalows and elephants. The accommodation for the first night was excellent with spectacular views. The food was delisious we had a very good chef called Ali.